Bloomington Blaze pulled out a 5-4 (OT) overtime victory over Rhinelander Street Cats on a clutch goal by Steven Smoltz.

Bloomington Blaze's offense rang up 44 shots on Rhinelander Street Cats' net.

Bloomington Blaze additionally got points from Cody Philips, who also tallied one goal and one assist and Joseph Clemente, who also registered one goal and one assist. More assists for Bloomington Blaze came via Kyler Schmor, who had two and Jacob Lourash, Matt Donley, and Tyler Gehrken, who contributed one a piece.

Rhinelander Street Cats' penalty kill was spotless, allowing no goals on four Bloomington Blaze power plays. Rhinelander Street Cats kept Bloomington Blaze's goalie busy throughout the game, and William Rohleder made 39 saves on 43 shots.

Rhinelander Street Cats was led by Alex Wagner, who had two goals and two assists. Wagner scored the first of his two goals at 17:09 into the second period to make the score 3-3. Peter Carlin assisted on the tally. Wagner's next tally made the score 4-4 with 18:41 left in the third period. Rhinelander Street Cats also got points from Todd Houtari, who also grabbed one goal and one assist. Dylan Farmer also scored for Rhinelander Street Cats. Other players who recorded assists for Rhinelander Street Cats were Devin Vanderwyk, who had one.

Bloomington Blaze incurred 10 minutes in penalty time with five minors. Kent Nusbaum rejected 39 shots on goal for Rhinelander Street Cats. Rhinelander Street Cats incurred eight minutes in penalty time with four minors.